The fight...

'You guys...understand?' Kakashi began to feel worried because his soldiers were still drozy. After a big yawn they all nodded and the four of them jumped into their places. They were about 3 hours ahead of the target, they needed to stay in their hiding places and wait for the target to hit the spot...then they would attack for maximum damage with minimum loss. Kakashi would stay behind the enemy for a rear attack during the ambush, Sakura would be to the left of the target spot behind some rocks. Sasuke was up in a tree off to the right of the target spot, and Naruto was about 40 steps ahead of the target spot. They would be able to attack from all directions with this plan. There were about 10 armed men, and a horse drawn wagon full of gold and diamonds. They were heading west at about 56 steps a minute, a slow pace. They were not expecting an attack. Sakura and Sasuke were tired, but awake and ready. Naruto wasn't tired at all, he was sleeping. He had fallen asleep about 25 feet up in a tree, and without his balance he fell. He yelled very loudly when his head slammed into the dirt calling the attention of the targets. He was in view of the targets, they were about 30 steps from the target spot. They had stopped in their tracks, Naruto was seen, the plan had to be modified.

Sakura and Sasuke ran back a few steps and threw 4 smoke bombs each into the mass of men. Kakashi rushed into the smoke bomb but was blown back by a gust of air along with all the smoke. Sasuke and Sakura joined the fray, kuni were flying hitting two men in the thigh. 'Remember no killing is allowed' Sakura remembered Kakashi-sensei saying while he was explaining the plan. Kakashi looked into the crowd, 'who would have the power to blow away the smoke from smoke bombs, only a ...' Kakashi's face dropped in fear. Naruto looked up and saw a battle ensuing in front of him about 10 meters away. Naruto rubbed his head, stood up wearily, and ran into the fray.

'I've got to keep focused, can't let my fear get the best of me' Sakura told herself. She was ducking each punch, each sword, one at a time, not allowing her attention to be drawn too thin. She noticed someone in all black, face mask as well, with an hour-glass looking head band. Then she noticed Kakashi-sensei jump in front of him and the two of them disappeared. That took Sakura's attention too far from the fight in front of her, she saw a fist coming right at her and ducked it. It skimmed the top of her scalp, she jumped strait up driving her knee into her opponents face. 'Shit!' sakura thought as she saw in her peripheral vision a sword coming right at her face from the left at a 90 degree angle. Sakura pulled a Kuni out of her pouch and blocked the sword, she used the man whom she kneed in the face. He was still standing, she propelled herself off of his collarbone and jumped backwards knocking him down. The man holding the sword turned in the direction Sakura was flying, she landed on a tree and propelled her self again toward the man with the sword instantly. Her kuni met his sword and her kuni slid overtop of the sword, he missed her again! Sakura threw her kuni at the swordsman while she was still flying away from him. The Kuni hit the swordsman's hand and he dropped his sword. Sakura then used her chakra to slow her momentum down and stop her flight, she turned and ran at the now sword less swordsman. He wasn't paying any attention to her, perfect. She swept his feet out from under him. He fell on his back, Sakura used her spinning momentum to spin 360 degrees. She lifted her leg strait up so she was doing a complete split standing up, she controlled the chakra of her momentum and put it all into her heel. She then drove her heel into her opponent who was on the ground, he spat up blood and passed out right there. Sakura pulled out two more kuni and kneeled down to catch her breath.

'This is going to be more difficult then I had anticipated' Sasuke thought to himself as he took on 4 opponents at once. Two had swords, one had a spear, and one had brass knuckles. 'Ok, get control, look at the situation.' Sasuke looked at the men surrounding him. The one in front had a spear, ones on left and right have swords, and man behind has fists. Sasuke focused on the man with the spear, he had the most range, and the swords were in his peripheral vision so he could dodge when necessary. The man with the brass knuckles is out of arms length so he is no threat yet. Sasuke stopped his body completely and waited for an attack, and when it came he was ready. The spearman came first trying to impale Sasuke, Sasuke jumped just high enough to land on the spear. Sasuke then ran up the spear and kicked the spearman in the face, Sasuke put his hands on the man's shoulders and flipped over top of him. While still holding onto the man's shoulders Sasuke kicked out his kneecaps making him kneel down. 'Threat disabled, new threat, the swordsman that is now on my left' the swordsman was swinging at Sasuke and the spearman. Sasuke then used his chakra to spin around the spearman's body like a snake and kick the spear out of his hands at the swordsman who was now mid-swing. The spear flew at him like a helicopter blade, hitting him in the chest. The swordsman bent over, he wasn't cut, just hit by the wooden part of the spear. Sasuke used this moment to grab the spear which was on the ground next to the hunched over swordsman. Sasuke spun in a circle and baseball batted the swordsman over his back. 'Two gone, next the swordsman in front of me' Sasuke smiled. That swordsman was standing there waiting for Sasuke to make the first move. Sasuke placed the spear in front of his feet and picked up the sword and stared at the swordsman. Sasuke kicked the spear at him, the spear was spinning at him in the same fashion it spun towards the other swordsman. This one swung at the spear cutting in two, he didn't even notice Sasuke who was right behind the spear. Sasuke swung his sword, the swordsman did an overhead swing to block Sasuke's swing. Sasuke pushed his chakra below his legs to propel his foot upwards at an awkward angle. Sasuke took the pain and kicked the swordsman between his arms and below his jaw. The swordsman's feet lifted off the ground and he was out cold. 'Three out of 4...one left' Sasuke looked at the man with brass knuckles who was standing there frozen in fear. Sasuke stood up and the man put his hands up in a fighting position. 'heh...lets go' Sasuke said as he charged his opponent.

'YOU'RE GOING DOWN!' naruto said as he charged two men head on. Neither of them had weapons, but one was a very large man. Standing at about 6'5 and 300 pounds, the other was a normal guy. Naruto jumped and kicked at the big guy, his kick was blocked and his foot was caught by the big man. 'Stupid kid' the big guy said as he held Naruto upside-down. The smaller guy punched Naruto in the face several times before Naruto was able to squirm out of the large guy's grip. 'Asshole!' Naruto yelled as he charged the smaller guy head on. Naruto, fist cocked, swung and hit thin air as the man stepped to the left. 'Got ya now kid!' the smaller guy yelled as he cocked his fist back ready to pummel Naruto again. 'Not quite' Naruto smiled. He continued to spin in the direction that he had punched, the man wasn't fast enough and Naruto's heel connected with his face as Naruto jumped with a spinning kick. The man spun like a top as he fell to the ground. Naruto jumped up and down in victory over the knocked out smaller guy. 'Your dead kid!' the big guy said as he picked up a big log ready to crush Naruto with it. Naruto looked at the log wide eyed not knowing what to do, when three shirkens hit the log. The force of the impact made the big man lose his balance, step back once and drop the log behind him. Naruto looked behind him and saw Sasuke standing on 4 bodies gasping for breath. Naruto charged the big guy and performed his Bushin no Jutsu making three clones of himself. The clones attacked while the big guy was still off balance. One punch to the face, another kick to the ribs, another kick to the ribs, and a last punch to the face. Little did naruto know that there was a small hill behind the big guy which they both fell down. A good 5 foot drop to unconscious for the big guy, luckily Naruto landed on the big guy's stomach taking away all impact. Naruto stood up and looked up at the top of the hill, Sasuke was there and sakura too. They were smiling at him.

'Good job Naruto...' Sasuke smiled. Sasuke put his fist out and Naruto jumped up to the top of the hill and hit Sasuke's fist with his own. The put their arms around each other for support, all three of them felt as if they were one entity while they walked toward the wagon. Kakashi was standing next to the wagon with the black ninja knocked out on a pile of bodies.

'Good job you 3, I'm impressed it took less time I thought it would' Kakashi smiled a big smile under his mask.

'Kakashi-sensei...WE ROCK!' Naruto yelled as he jumped and made a big V with his fingers.

'Lets head back shall we?' Kakashi nodded.

'I'm getting ramen when we get back!' Naruto yelled.

'I'm getting a shower when we get back!' Sakura yelled, now realizing she was covered in dirt.

'I'm tired' Sasuke said to himself. 'Oh and one last thing...' Kakashi smiled as he turned to walk back towards the village 'You three have to pull this wagon.'

'KAKASHI-SENSEI!' Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke's faced drooped at the same time. The sun was just hitting high noon as they walked, and pulled a cart home...